University Times

You want to play the stock market, but you don't have a lot of ready cash and don't want to deal with a broker? You might consider investing some time at the next meeting of Pitt's Stock of the Month Club, Feb. 8 at 12:30 p.m. in 527 William Pitt Union. The club, which is […]

Pitt will hold its April 30 commencement ceremony at the Civic Arena, not the Cathedral of Learning lawn as had been announced. Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor decided last month to return the graduation ceremony to the Arena, where it has been held in recent years, said Ron Gigliotti, assistant director of Special Events and commencement […]

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) officials have rejected an offer by HealthAmerica to include UPMC personnel in HealthAmerica's network of physicians. Meanwhile, HealthAmerica has dismissed Blue Cross's offer to allow doctors employed at HealthAmerica medical centers to join the network of physicians for two Blue Cross plans. It's the latest skirmish in the war […]

Effective Jan. 1, most University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees must pay federal taxes on tuition assistance. And the taxes aren't cheap. For example, the liability for $522 of tuition assistance (the cost of a three-credit undergraduate course in the College of Arts and Sciences) is $186.09, based on a federal tax of 28 […]

A telephone hotline has been established to answer questions about the W-2 and 1042S year-end tax forms. The hotline number is 624-1860. The line will be in operation until April 17, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A team has been assembled to answer the telephone and complete a request for information. A payroll specialist will then research […]

As far as the Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS) is aware, no attacks have been made upon Pitt's computer network using the "Internet protocol spoofing" (IP spoofing) or the "terminal hijacking" methods discussed in an advisory issued last week by the federal Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Concerns about intruders attacking Pitt's Internet […]

In response to the number of communications it has received since The New York Times article and the advisory by the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) appeared, Computing and Information Services (CIS) has issued the following advisory on "Internet protocol spoofing" and "hijacking." The original CERT advisory can be obtained through anonymous ftp: ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/info/security/cert-advisories/CA-95:01. The […]

Pitt has established the Robert R. Lavelle scholarship for outstanding African-American students who want to pursue careers in business through the College of Business Administration. The scholarship covers tuition, room and board, and is renewable annually for four years based on academic performance. A 1951 alumnus of Pitt, Lavelle is president of Lavelle Real Estate, […]

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (UPG) has been designated by the Eberly Foundation as a granting institution for the Eberly Scholarship, with an endowment of $250,000 for 1995. The Eberly Foundation was established is 1963 by the late Orville Eberly. Criteria for the scholarship includes superior academic achievement, good moral character and financial need, […]